Cosmetic Lotro

Valiant

November 11, 2012 by Cosmetic Lotro

The Rohan expansion so far has been everything I hoped for, except for the most important part: the armour appearances. Rohan has only two-and-a-half new armour appearances per weight: 1) the quest reward and barter gear, which is a rework of old world model armour designs and thus counts for half only, 2) the level 80 crafted armour and 3) the level 85 crafted armour. I really like some of the crafted armour pieces but because of the deformation bugs, […]

Categories: - Battle & defense, Outfit, Race of Man male, White and Grey • Tags: Berserker's Boots, Champion, Festive Azure Cloak, Gauntlets of the Galadhrim, Lesser Defender of the West Leggings, Pauldrons of the Galadhrim, Ríanham, Tarchar

Huntress of Streams

November 3, 2012 by Cosmetic Lotro

This is the second outfit I made for Tuiliel of Landroval, Lady of Streams. Just like the dress outfit, it centers around blues and greens, swirls and wave patterns and earthy colours. The most important part of these two outfits is the shoulder piece, Noriel’s Folly, which I think is awesome for female elf huntresses. As far as I know there is currently only one way to obtain it in game, as this piece is no longer available in the […]

Categories: - Rangers & hunters, Blue and Turquoise, Elf female, Outfit • Tags: Cosmetic Make-over, Earthen Leggings, Elegant Elven Quiver, elf, Elven Hunter's Armour, Golden Host Boots, Golden Host Gloves, Hunter, Noriel's Folly, Simbelmynë Circlet

Lady of Streams

November 3, 2012 by Cosmetic Lotro

Last month my blog joined in on the Charity Auctions organized by Casual Stroll to Mordor for the Fellowship Walk for Child’s Play. There were two auctions to bid on, both offering a cosmetic make-over for your character according to your wishes. Two auctions with two winners who were extremely generous in their donation and I’m very happy to offer my time in return to design something beautiful for them! The first make-over I finished is for Tuiliel of Landroval, […]

Categories: - Robes & dresses, Blue and Turquoise, Elf female, Outfit • Tags: Cosmetic Make-over, Drape of Evendim, elf, Long-sleeved Elven Dress, Noriel's Folly, Simbelmynë Circlet, The Fellowship Walk

Riding south

November 1, 2012 by Cosmetic Lotro

My lore-master is from Rohan, so I changed her outfit to something more Rohirric (ok I admit, I change outfits about every three days). Because of the severe clipping and deformation issues with all the new crafted armour pieces I used an Isengard piece. Overall I still like the Isengard pieces better anyway. I really hope Turbine will fix the deformation bugs because with all those distortions, outfitting is not a lot of fun. 😦 Last week I finished the […]

Categories: - Battle & defense, Combined outfits, MOUNTS, Outfit, Race of Man female, Red and Burgundy, War-steeds • Tags: Combat Pauldroms of Éomer, Hyrde-Bréost, Isengard armour, Lesser Memory of the West Boots, War-steed Appearance

Melody of Battle

October 28, 2012 by Cosmetic Lotro

My minstrel reached level 85 last week and is pretty much set up in Rohan to do daylies, warbands and… well that’s all for now I suppose. I’m trying hard to find new looks but there isn’t a lot of variety in the new Rohan armour. On top of that, many of the crafted chest pieces have deformation issues. For example the medium crafted Eastemnet chest piece that she is wearing here makes her legs look like she’s suffering from […]

Categories: - Battle & defense, Combined outfits, Elf female, Green, MOUNTS, Outfit, War-steeds • Tags: Cloak of the Golden Oak, Eastemnet Skirmish Armour, Fingerless Gloves, Minstrel, Reclaimed Nobleman's Shoes, War-steed Appearance

The Ride of Eorl

October 24, 2012 by Cosmetic Lotro

Some weeks ago I was invited by Aegthil of Gondor to assist in the making of a video about The Ride of Eorl, a poem written by Cennwyn of Landroval. It tells the story of Eorl, who rode to the aid of Gondor when they were attacked by the Balchoth, the Easterlings. It was the beginning of a long standing mutual alliance, and for his service the Steward of Gondor gave Eorl and his people the province Calenardhon to dwell […]

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Tattered

October 22, 2012 by Cosmetic Lotro

Since my last post about my disappointment with the warsteed dye colour system, many players have expressed similar sentiments, especially those players who derive a lot of joy from the outfitting system in Lotro. There is one more thing I would like to address, before I leave this issue behind and just accept it for what it is. Let me make absolutely clear that I am not on a crusade against the Lotro store. I am not encouraging anyone to […]

Categories: - Casual & travel, - Thievery & mischief, Combined outfits, Green, Hobbit female, MOUNTS, Outfit, War-steeds • Tags: Burglar, Steed of the Burglar, Tattered Cloak, Tattered Hat, Tattered Tunic & Pants, War-steed Appearance

Shades of grey

October 19, 2012 by Cosmetic Lotro

This is my first Riders of Rohan blog post and I’m not really sure how to start it off, because I never expected to be saying the things I am going to say. My first Rohan post was supposed to be a happy post. A post showing off my new warsteed in awesome colours with a mix-‘n-match outfit. A first post of many, sharing the amazing new possibilities using the warsteed outfit system. Unfortunately, this is not to be. Not […]

Categories: - Robes & dresses, Combined outfits, Elf female, MOUNTS, Outfit, War-steeds, White and Grey • Tags: Combat Pauldroms of Éomer, Eastemnet Assault Robe, elf, Gloves of the Westfold, Refugee's ragged shoes, War-steed Appearance, Worn Ranger's Hood

Anticipation

October 14, 2012 by Cosmetic Lotro

Riders of Rohan is going to change this wonderful game forever. Most certainly for the better, as I believe the majority of changes and the beautiful new Rohan regions are a much needed breath of fresh air. It’s going to be amazing, and most of us are looking forward to it with much anticipation. No doubt Turbine staff will be holding their breath tomorrow as they keep monitoring the download servers on the day of release. Those days are not […]

Categories: - Casual & travel, - Rangers & hunters, Blue and Turquoise, Brown and Orange, Horses & Ponies, MOUNTS, Outfit, Pets, Race of Man female • Tags: Gloves of the Westfold, Lesser Memory of the West Boots, Lockmaster's Jacket, Lore-master, Prized Dunlending Steed, Snow-dusted Travelling Hat, Westernesse Protectors Leggings

Autumn picnic

October 9, 2012 by Cosmetic Lotro

Autumn is in full swing now and when the sun comes out everything shines with a magical golden brown glow. I love autumn, even though I can feel that temperatures are dropping. We are less than a week away from the Riders of Rohan launch now and I’m still not finished with everything I wanted to do “before launch”. I spend too much time playing around in stead of doing important stuff like crafting and grinding! Ha! The inspiration for […]

Categories: - Casual & travel, Hobbit female, Outfit, Red and Burgundy • Tags: Arth-Crus, Autumn, Basket of Apples, Cook's Pack, Gardening Gloves, hobbit, Woodruff's Hat

Beta sneak peek: Full colour

October 5, 2012 by Cosmetic Lotro

Today a new beta build was launched on Bullroarer, and as with previous builds, the first thing I do is checking in with the Lotro store to see if things regarding the war-steed colour packages have been fixed. This time it was good news! The colour packages finally work properly. There was another addition to the Lotro store that got me very interested: two new sets of war-steed cosmetics. A Heavy Set of the Entwash and a Heavy Set of […]

Categories: Brown and Orange, Combined outfits, Hobbit female, MOUNTS, Outfit, Previews & Beta, War-steeds • Tags: Beta, Riders of Rohan, War-steed Appearance

Blood of Númenor

October 4, 2012 by Cosmetic Lotro

The descendants of Númenor, the Dunedain, the Rangers, had longer life spans than normal men, and were able to administer healing aid to those afflicted with injuries and ailments. The Rangers were grim in life, appearance, and dress, choosing to wear rusty green and brown. They used a variety of weapons but were especially skilled with the bow. For this outfit I used a minstrel chest piece, which reflects the healing skills of the Dunadain. The Serpent is the universal […]

Categories: - Rangers & hunters, Brown and Orange, Outfit, Race of Man male • Tags: Dirge Singer's Jacket, Gloves of the Quiet Knife, Hunter, Isengard armour, Ranger, Worn Ranger's Boots, Worn Ranger's Hood